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Storm Surge Low Lying
979 wordsHurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are a major hazard in the Tropics. Every year, some 80 occurrences claim, on average, 20 000 lives and cause immense damage to property, natural vegetation, and shipping. A hurricane is a large rotating storm around a centre of very low pressure with values of 950 mb or lower. Most systems have a diameter of about 650 km, less than half that of a mid-latitude depression. Wind speeds often exceed 33 m per second (119 km per hour) and, in the most intense hurrica...
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Wind Speeds Sri Lanka
510 words1. Tornadoes travel at an average of 45 mph with a diameter between 150 and 600 meters and maximum wind speeds up to 600 km / hr . Middle latitude cyclones can span across a continent and usually require 2 - 4 days to cross a region. Hurricanes range in speed from 119 km / hr to sometimes over 250 km / hr and average close to 600 km across. 2. The months from August through October are when hurricanes usually strike North America. When the ocean water temperature is warm and combines with the ho...
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Firmly Believed Radar Stations Fighter
991 wordsIn May 1940 after the fall of France, Hitler firmly believed that Britain, cut off from mainland Europe after the retreat from Dunkirk, would be ready to sue for peace if given enough time and incentive. He deduced that with Britain out of the war, America would come to terms with the new order as it could hope to gain no foothold in Europe without paying a terrible price. This would enable Germany to concentrate on what had always been considered the main threat, Russia. By 1939 air warfare was...
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Miles Per Hour Rocky Mountains
1,499 wordsFacts. A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of two hundred and fifty miles per hour or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and fifty miles long. In an average year, eight hundred tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in eighty deaths and over one thousand five hundred injuries. Types Of Tornadoes. The average tornado is usually spli...
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Hurricanes And Typhoons Uv Radiation Air
332 wordsAir surrounds the Earth, giving it protection from the constant battering of meteorites. It provides a shield against the UV radiation of the sun so that the organisms can survive. It also makes itself available to be breathed in by animals. Yes, we need the air, otherwise known as the atmosphere; or else wed be nothing. However, the atmosphere can have its ugly side. Tornados, hurricanes and typhoons move through things we have painstakingly built, clearing it all away. They sometimes even take...
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Global Warming And Alternative Energy
1,056 wordsPeople are inflicting major damage to the Earths environment, and if we dont do anything to stop the destruction soon, the results could be devastating. Most people know about global warming and think it may be a serious problem in the future. What most people dont understand is that global warming is happening now, and we are already feeling some of its destructive power. Because of the dangerous effects of global warming, alternative energy sources need to be aggressively pursued. Finding and ...
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Company Profile Of The Home Depot
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Alan Greenspan Crude Oil
668 wordsAlan Greenspan's Testimony On November third, 2005, Alan Greenspan spoke before the Joint Economic Committee in the United States Congress. He opened with remarks reviewing the state of the economy during last time he spoke to that committee in June, mentioning the economic acceleration that occurred in the early summer. He then moved on and discussed the downturn that occurred in late summer and early autumn. The first event that he covered was Hurricane Katrina and the economic effects that it...
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Global Warming Problem And Solution Environmental
1,605 wordsGlobal Warming - Problem and Solution (Environmental) There are many problems concerning the environment. Pollution, destruction of the rainforests, and the consumption of all of our planet's natural resources are just a few. None of these issues quite compare to the problem of global warming. Global warming is a problem that affects not just some people, but everything and everyone. People must take action to stop global warming and must realize the severity of this problem before it is too lat...
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Miles Per Hour Natural Disasters
1,094 wordsNatural Disasters The natural disasters have existed since the world creation. The description of the first disaster, the Noah's Flood is given in the Bible. That was the Creators will to send the first flood to the man. Nowadays the natural disasters occur now and then in the various parts of the globe. Natural disasters are caused by the natural cataclysms. Natural phenomena may turn to a disaster. The disaster may be defined as Calamity caused by nature resulting in loss of life or destructio...
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Effects Of Global Warming Greenhouse Gases
2,268 words... the Kyoto Protocol I already had some information from my college library. But that source provided facts and I need some more information about that protocol. The Wikipedia is a good source of any possible information. The one I found about Kyoto Protocol was very useful for me because it contains all necessary definitions and references, which I also used. Discover the scientific facts on global warming effects. Retrieved May 17, 2005 from web This source of information I found accidentall...
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Human Adaptation And Severe Storms
657 wordsHuman Adaptation and Severe Storms The aim of this essay is to examine the process of storm development, namely to dwell on hurricanes and tornadoes formation requirements, to examine the impact hurricanes and tornadoes have on human population, the incidence of these storms and target areas in the United States of America. What is hurricane? Hurricane is a severe tropical cyclone. It originates in the equatorial areas of Caribbean Sea, the eastern areas of the Pacific Ocean and in the equatoria...
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Central America Latin America
897 wordsDisaster is Different Around The World The purpose of this paper is to show the difference between the way the United States faces a disaster and the way Central America handles a disaster. In 1992 we faced the costliest hurricane to hit the United States in history. In 1998 Central America was rocked by fourth strongest hurricane ever. Though both were huge disasters our perception of a hurricane might be a little different than someone living in Latin America. As previously stated, Central Ame...
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Shake Or Tremble Intensity Is Measured By Testing Word
259 wordsAn earthquake is a natural disturbance, characterized by a convulsion or concussion of the ground. Earthquakes originate at a point within the crust, when a force pushing on a mass of rock causes it to slip suddenly. Energy is released and travels, through rock, to the surface in the form of waves causing vibrations and shaking. The word itself comes from the word earth, meaning ground or soil, and quake, meaning to shake or tremble. The word earth comes from the Middle English either, which com...
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Stop Global Warming Increase In The Number
1,553 wordsThere are many problems concerning the environment. Pollution, destruction of the rainforests, and the consumption of all of our planets natural resources are just a few. None of these issues quite compare to the problem of global warming. Global warming is a problem that affects not just some people, but everything and everyone. People must take action to stop global warming and must realize the severity of this problem before it is too late. The future depends on what we do now to slow the pro...
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Polar Ice Caps Greenhouse Gases
1,143 wordsWhat happens when too much carbon dioxide gets omitted into the Earth? s atmosphere? The condition known as Global Warming occurs. Global Warming is the rising of the Earth? s surface temperature due to chemicals in the atmosphere. Global Warming has many threats on the climate and even the health of the people on this planet. Some of these threats include the altering of crop seasons and even effect the way organisms survive on the planet. The first thing I think I should discuss when talking a...
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Polar Ice Caps Greenhouse Gases
1,146 wordsWhat happens when too much carbon dioxide gets omitted into the Earth? s atmosphere? The condition known as Global Warming occurs. Global Warming is the rising of the Earth? s surface temperature due to chemicals in the atmosphere. Global Warming has many threats on the climate and even the health of the people on this planet. Some of these threats include the altering of crop seasons and even effect the way organisms survive on the planet. The first thing I think I should discuss when talking a...
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National Hurricane Center Tropical Storm
1,165 wordsHurricane Hurricane Floyd Floyd Hurricane Hur-ri-cane (n) 1. A tropical cyclone usually involving heavy rains And winds exceeding 74 mph. (119 kph. ) From carib [huracan] What is a hurricane? Encarta defines it as a tropical cyclone with winds up to 74 mph (119 kph. ) To many people it means destruction. Hurricane Floyd caused tremendous destruction to America as well as set it back a few million. Stay with me as we track the storm. Tropical Storm Floyd forms in Atlantic Washington September 8, ...
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5 Billion Dollars Angular Momentum
934 wordsWhat is a hurricane? A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that has a maximum sustained wind of at least 75 mph. The primary energy source for tropical cyclones is the latent heat released when water vapor condenses. Only extremely moist air can supply the energy necessary to spawn and maintain tropical storms, and only very warm air contains enough moisture. Tropical cyclones, therefore, form only over oceans with water temperatures of at least 80 deg F. After they have formed, such storms tend to ...
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Bad Luck Long Island
1,753 wordsThere are many mysteries that question the mind, but none that can compare to the intrigue in the supernatural. Ghosts, goblins, poltergeists, Death Omens, curses, unexplainable phenomena, and hauntings; mysteries of the paranormal could go on and on. There are centuries of ghost stories and tales that have been passed down from generation to generation. From the Bermuda Triangle mysteries, phantoms of the ocean, ships, and glowing ghosts of little boys, to the curse of James Deans car, The Litt...
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